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The Police at Clarksdale, Mississippi by Danny Lyon — VisualArtsDB

The Police at Clarksdale, Mississippi

The Police at Clarksdale, Mississippi

1963

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: Image: 23.1 × 33.8 cm (9 1/8 × 13 5/16 in.); Paper: 27.6 × 35.3 cm (10 7/8 × 13 15/16 in.)
Genre: gelatin silver print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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